Sunday, 31 August 2014

Nisekoi Chapters 1-133 review

Nisekoi Chapters 1-133 Story & Art by Naoshi Komi Review

From Viz Manga: “It was hate at
first sight... rather a knee-to-the-head at first sight when Raku Ichijo meets
Chitoge Kirisaki! Unfortunately, Raku’s gangster father arranges a false love
match with their rival’s daughter, who just so happens to be Chitoge! However,
Raku’s searching for his childhood sweetheart from ten years ago, with a
pendant around his neck as a memento, and he can't even remember her name or
face!”

Serialized
in Weekly Shonen Jump, Nisekoi is comedy wise a great series. The art is well
done perhaps more than it has any right being. That being said, narrative wise
it is (at least thus far) yet another in a very long line of harem manga. The
only other notable aspect of the series is the absence of fan service in many
chapters.

Nisekoi
especially in more recent chapters has cast aside things like plot in favour of
mindless comedy. To be fair, said comedy is done rather effectively. Quality
wise the episodic plots vary wildly. The characters are rather one note with the
protagonist in particular being rather bland. In conclusion, Nisekoi is largely
forgettable and at times uncomfortable. Skip it.